WESTERN CAPE. – The City of Cape Town is investing more than R6.4 million in upgrading and repairing street lights across the metro, with Nyanga and Crossroads being the latest areas where work is being done. The programme focuses on high-risk areas and routes where better lighting can improve visibility and safety. Existing lights are being upgraded with more energy-efficient LED technology.
Alderman Xanthea Limberg, mayoral committee member for Energy, says the new LED lights have a longer lifespan and require less maintenance than older lights. Other areas included in the programme are Khayelitsha, Bonteheuwel, Nomzamo, Lwandle, Delft, Uitsig and Brown's Farm. The City is also stepping up repair work on its network of more than 245 000 street lights. According to Limberg, teams and contractors handled more than 10 000 service requests about street lights between August and September.
Vandalism, theft and illegal electricity connections continue to place pressure on infrastructure. Residents can report suspected activity to the City's Public Emergency Communication Centre on 021 480 7700. Street light and electricity faults can be reported on 0860 103 089, by SMS to 31220 or via WhatsApp to 060 018 1505.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
